Antoine Greene, charged with his father's murder, told police he woke up to find him lying in a pool of blood

NEW BRITAIN — Antoine Greene called police early Saturday to report that he woke up to find his father lying in a pool of blood in the living room of the apartment they shared. He told them that he had no idea what happened or who might have killed him.

But police said in court documents made available Monday that Greene's story didn't match up with other accounts of the incident and that Greene struggled with drug addiction. He showed "no concern or emotion" over his father's death, the documents said.

Greene, 32, was arraigned Monday in New Britain Superior Court on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his father, William Greene.

Antoine Greene's public defender asked for his bond to be reduced, but Judge Arthur Hadden kept the bond at $1 million and transferred the case to courts in Hartford, where more serious cases are heard.

Police received a call a little after 8 a.m. Saturday from Greene saying that he woke up to discover his father lying on the floor with his throat cut, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. When police responded to the apartment on Short Street, they were met outside by Antoine Greene, who "appeared very calm and collected and made no comments about what had happened or the circumstances as to why the police were called," the affidavit said.

Police said they found William Greene in the living room dead from "a very deep and severe" wound to his neck. Police reported that the blood was still warm when they arrived. No weapons were found near the body, and there were no signs of a struggle or any indication that the body had been moved.

Jackie Greene, Antoine's mother and William's wife, who also lived in the apartment, told police that when she woke up for work that morning at about 4:40, her son was awake watching TV in the living room and that her husband was sleeping.

Jackie Greene told police that her son was addicted to drugs and lived with his parents because he didn't have a job. She told police she had to call the police about 11/2 years ago about her son because he was high on PCP.

She told police that the night before her husband's death she and her husband confronted their son about "his drug addiction and getting his life on track," but that there was no yelling or threatening. She told police that her son told them "he felt like he couldn't breathe in their house, that he needed to get out and that nobody has been able to call him."

Antoine Greene also told his parents that he believed the phone lines were tapped and that it was "everyone else's fault that he doesn't have a job," police said.

Jackie Greene told police that the night before a gray van had parked in their driveway and that her son had gone outside and got into the van for a few minutes before returning to his bedroom.

Greene is next scheduled to appear in court in Hartford on the charges April 6.